Two members of Libya's interim parliament have been shot and wounded by protesters who stormed the General National Congress in downtown Tripoli. The protesters demanded the dissolution of the GNC and railed against the overnight "kidnapping" of demonstrators from a sit-in outside the parliament building.According to demonstrators, the gunmen belonged to the Operations Cell of Libyan Revolutionaries, a former rebel group which operates under the GNC's command. Meanwhile, the head of Libya's election commission and two of its members resigned on Sunday, state media reported, a day after it released initial results of a vote for the country's constitutional panel. he February vote for the 60-member constitutional panel was marred by violence, with several voting stations coming under attack and security forces failing to secure others.The commission said late on Saturday that only 47 of the seats were filled, with 13 left empty because voting had been disrupted or protesting minority groups boycotted the vote. What do you think Parliament will do to fill these 13 seats? Do you think they will accept the resignations?
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/03/injuries-as-protesters-storm-libya-parliament-20143220375426574.html
This is just another country in the middle east marred by political distress, protests and violence. I think that the government really needs to get things moving quickly and effectively. The 13 seats need to be filled, quickly and with the least amount of chance for protests and violence. Unfortunately this recent violence against parliament members is not going to encourage any people to want to take up the positions, so it is definitely necessary to increase security and protection of these parliament members so that others will feel safe to fill the extra 13 seats.
ReplyDeleteThe Arab spring seems to have created more waves of violence than anyone could have predicted. Many people feel as if the protesting is a good thing because it is a symbol of democracy taking root. However, the mass instability created breeding grounds for extremist and makes national security increasingly difficult.
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